Mike Panetta
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010While the District of Columbia may have a locally elected mayor and council, our local laws and budgets need to approved – and are completely amendable – by Congress. The Constitution gives Congress authority in “all cases whatsoever” over local matters in the District. Nowhere else in the country do local laws needs Congressional approval.
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Today’s My Birthday – Can You Help Me?
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Today’s my birthday…I’m a Bastille Day baby, so that means I like to storm bastions of power and bring democracy to the masses. I guess that’s why I really enjoy being the “Shadow” U.S. Representative for the District of Columbia as it allows me to fight for statehood and full local autonomy for DC. It’s [...]
Panetta Takes DC for Democracy Endorsement
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Last night I was happy to win the endorsement of DC for Democracy for re-election to the Shadow U.S. Representative position. I’ve been a member of this group since 2004 when it was “DC for Dean” and it was the first group ever to endorse me when I first ran for office in 2006. The [...]
Panetta Snags Ward 3 Democrats Endorsement
Friday, June 18th, 2010I was formally endorsed by the Ward 3 Democrats for re-election to “Shadow” U.S. Representative position on June 17th at the organization’s monthly meeting. The threshold for endorsement was 75% of the votes cast, which I was able to meet. This endorsement comes less than a week after I prevailed in the the city-wide Democratic Party straw poll.
Panetta Wins DC Democratic Straw Poll
Saturday, June 12th, 2010The DC Democratic State Committee held a “straw poll’ on June 12th that was open to all DC Democrats during their state convention. Mike Panetta won the “Shadow” U.S. House poll with 40% of the votes in a 6-way race.
“Thanks to all the Democrats who came out on a hot, sweaty Saturday to support my efforts.
I truly appreciate the vote of confidence in what I’m doing for congressional representation and statehood,” said Panetta.
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